06-03-2016, 02:51 AM
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The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
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Whose proof this is I think I know.
I can’t improve upon it, though;
You will not see me trying here
To offer up a better show.
His demonstration is quite clear:
For contradiction, take the mere
n primes (no more), then multiply;
Add one to that … the end is near.
In vain one seeks a prime to try
To split this number — thus, a lie!
The first assumption was a leap;
Instead, the primes will reach the sky.
This proof is lovely, sharp, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And tests to grade before I sleep,
And tests to grade before I sleep.
(From Mathematics Magazine 78:2 [April 2005], 171.)
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